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Carter MSS i.C.207-210 · Object · c. 1920-1922
Part of Howard Carter Collection

Howard Carter's records for an alabaster vessel of Merneptah [13.269], formerly in Lord Carnarvon collection, then Bloomfield Hills MI, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 1940.32, then C. Pankow collection, and at Sotheby's (New York) in 2004.
Part of Carter's records for the cache of Merenptah and Ramesses II vessels found near the entrance of KV 8, Merneptah, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.

King Tut's Pyramid Puzzle
TAA iii.38.1 · Object · 1933
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • Wood puzzle comprising four coloured blocks, which when correctly assembled form a pyramid shape.
  • Produced by Imperial Manufacturers, Chicago.
TAA iii.38.2 · Object · c. 1922-1939
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • "Tut" boxed game containing:
    • 1 wood three-tiered tower
    • 28 counters: 4 squidgers (1 of each: blue, red, white, yellow) and 24 winks (5 blue, 6 red, 7 white, 6 yellow)
    • Printed instruction sheet
TAA iii.39.1 · Object · c. 1920s
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • Cigarette tin.
  • Produced by "Nestor Gianaclis, Grande Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes".
  • Branded "Toutankhamon".
  • Transfer(?) print decoration, with ancient Egyptian motifs including a scene of Anubis kneeling before the king.
  • Probably manufactured in the 1920s.
TAA iii.39.2 · Object · c. 1946-1960s
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • Pendant-brooch (can be worn as either).
  • Costume jewellery, goldtone metal, oval, with stamped (embossed) design.
  • Design: two 'guardian statues' [Carter 22], Tutankhamun's cartouches, and winged scarabs.
  • Produced by "Miracle" (branded on the underside).
  • Date uncertain but certainly manufactured post-1946.
Souvenir spoon
TAA iii.39.4 · Object · c. 1920s
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • Decorative souvenir spoon
  • Gold-tone metal with enamel decoration
  • Enamel decoration on upper surface, design from top: on handle, a modelled profile view of 'guardian statue' [Carter 22] (design includes the linen found draped over arm when discovered), standing on top of a winged scarab; on stem, geometric pattern on handle; on bowl, enamel-painted scene with a king or deity facing left, standing holding a staff, with pseudo-hieroglyphic texts above.
  • Manufacturer not known.
  • Date uncertain, probably 1920s.
TAA iii.39.5 · Object · c. 1923-1939
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • Decorative souvenir ornament of the so-called "wishing cup", [Carter 14].
  • White glazed porcelain with transfer print decoration.
  • English heraldic souvenir ware; crested china; English crested ware.
  • Coat of arm for Hinckley (Somerset) on front.
  • Text on foot of cup, at front: "Model of king's wishing cup found in king Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb at Luxor".
  • Manufacturer stamp on base: "Arcadian – Stoke-on-Trent – Registered Number 678582".
  • Date uncertain, produced in the 1920s or 1930s.
Belt buckle
TAA iii.39.6 · Object · c. 1923-1939
Part of Tutankhamun Archive
  • A ladies' round belt buckle.
  • Moulded decoration, design features a selection of objects from the Antechamber.
  • Dark and light brown bakelite, goldtone metal fastenings, and also three sets of two holes along edge, for attaching to fabric(?).
  • Date not known, probably produced in the 1920s or 1930s.
  • Manufacturer, not known. Metal stud fastening stamped "К I И".